Seal.



No. 646,798. Patented Apr. 3, I900.

E. .1. snooxs. SEAL. 1 (Application f lled Fab. -21, 1900.

(No Model.) I

UNITED STATES PATENT ()EEICE.

EDWARD J. BRooKs, or EAsT ORANGE, NEW JERsEY."

SEAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'No. 646,798, dated AM s,1900. Application filed February 21, 1900. Serial No. 63123. (No model.)

To call whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, EDWARD-J. BROOKS, a

citizen of the United States of America, and a residentof East Orange,in the State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Seals, of which the following is a specification. I This inventionrelates to those press-fastened seals characterized by a disk or disksof sheet metal for uniting the ends of a flexible shackle, which in theimproved seal may be either of wire or of cord.

The present invention consists in novel means for preliminarily-attaching the disk or disks to the shackle at the factory with less expense thanheretofore, and in like means for inclosing the other shackle end in asingle-disk seal and holding the same preliminary to applying theseal-press, the improved seal being preferably and conveniently pro-Vided with a supplemental seal part of .lead in the form of a rivetadapted to receive a serial number or other station or press mark at thepressing operation.

Asheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a face View of the sheet-metal disk of asingle-disk seal constructed according to this invention; and Fig. 2, asection on the line a b, Fig. 1, enlarged one diameter. Fig. 3 is a faceview of said seal as it leaves the factory; and Fig. 4, an enlargedsection on the line a d, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a face view of the pressedseal; and Fig. 6, an enlarged section on the line 6 f, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 isa face view of a pressed cording seal of like construction; and Fig. 8,a section on the line 9 h, Fig. 7. Figs. 9 and 10 are face views of thedisks of a two-disk seal embodying the same improvement in part. leavesthe factory; and Fig. 12 is an enlarged section through the two disksand the respective ends of the shackle on the "line 11 7', Fig. 11, withthe parts brought together preparatory to applying the seal-press.

Like reference letters and numbers indicatecorresponding parts in allthe figures.

The improved seal in either of the forms shown in the drawings comprisesa sheetmetal seal-disk A, a flexible shackle B, and a supplementalrivet-shaped seal part 0 and is shackle end 1, as in Figs. 3

Fig. 11 is a face view of this seal as it' designed to be used inconnection with oaridoor staples D and E, Fig. 5, or the like andfastened by means of a suitable seal-press, in common with otherpress-fastened seals.

Of the two shackle-ends 1 and 2 new means for preliminarily attachingthe disk A to said and 4., are the leading characteristics of theimproved seal. The peculiar construction is confined to the disk A. Thisis preferably and conveniently round, as heretofore, and has a tubularrim 3, provided with a pair of openings 4. and 5-, for the admission andescape of the extremity of said shackle end 1 into and out of theinterior of the tubular rim. The curved passage formed by the interiorof the rim 3 between said openings 4 and 5 and the two openingsthemselves afiord sufficient friction when the disk is thus threaded tosecurely attach the disk to the shackle for shipment and handlingwithout the preliminary fas= tening which has heretofore been necessaryas a distinct operation in the manufacture of seals of the same class.

The species represented by Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, is an improvement onmy seal patented August 8, 1899, by United States Letters Patent No.630,321. In this form a second pair of openings 6 and 7 provide forthreading the second shackle end 2 in the same manner as the firstpreliminary to applying the seal-press, and the accidental displacementof said second shackle end during the pressing operation is thusprevented. A central eyelet-collar 8, conveniently formed by punching inthe act of shaping the disk A, admits the stem of the rivet-shaped sealpart 0 and holds the same securely enough to pre- .vent accidentalseparation, and this seal part C conveniently receives a legible serialnu m- ,ber, as in Figs. 5 and 6, or other station or press-mark, asaforesaid, in the act of pressfasteningthe shackle ends. This latter isdone by a sufficient number of indentations 9, Figs. 5 and 6, crossingthe tubular rim 3 and collapsing the same upon both shackle ends. diskA, occupy the annular field within the rim 3 and are exposed to viewaround the stamped seal part 0, as in Fig. 5.

A shackle B, of single annealed wire, as heretofore employed in seals ofthis class, is

Permanent marks 10, carried by the represented in Figs. 3 to 6. In theimproved seal the seal-disk A and seal part 0, as above described, maybe combined in like manner with a shackle B of suitable cord, as inFigs. 7 and 8, without any change except, if need be, as-to size.

The species represented by Figs. 9 to 12, inclusive, is an improvementon my seal patented August 14, 1894, by United States Letters Patent No.524,675. In this form a pair of sl1eet-metal disks A and A are attachedin one and the same manner to the respective shackle ends at thefactory, the disk A being conveniently the larger, and constructed witha tubular rim 3, openings at and 5, eyelet-collar S, and permanent marks10, as above described, while the smaller disk A is constructed with alike tubular rim 3, like openings 6 and 7, and a central opening 8',loosely fitted to the eyelet-collar 8. The disks A and A are broughttogether, as in Fig. 12, for the pressing operation, and when thesealpress is applied the seal is fastened by simultaneously securing thetwo ends of the shackle B within the rims of the respective disks andpermanently uniting the disks with each other by upsetting the stem ofthe seal part (J, and therewith the eyelet-collar 8,upon the disk A.

The round form of disk stamped from tin scrap'is preferred,becausecheapest; but other equivalent shapes and other sheet metals may be usedand other like modifications will suggest themselves to those skilled inthe art.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention anddesire to patent under this specification- 1. The combination with aflexible shackle of a sheet-metal seal-disk having a tubular rimprovided with a pair of openings through which one end of the shackle isthreaded into and out of the interior of said rim to frictionally attachthe disk.

2. The combination with a flexible shackle of a sheet-metal seal-diskhaving a tubular rim provided with a pair of openings through which oneend of the shackle is threaded into and out of the interior of said rimto frictionally attach the disk and a second pair of openings to providefor threading the other end of the shackle in like manner preliminary toapplying the seal-press to fasten the shackle ends.

EDXVARD J. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

THOMAS TIERNEY, F. W. LIVESEY.

